1 Chronicles 5:8

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1 Chronicles 5:8

And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baalmeon:

Shema

Nebo

Baal-meon

Joshua 13:17

Ezekiel 25:9

Bible References

Shema

The sons of Joel were Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,

From Aroer which is on the edge of the valley of Arnon and from the city which is in the valley, even to Gilead, there was no city that was too high for us; the Lord our God delivered all over to us.

So Moses gave an inheritance to the tribe of the sons of Reuben according to their families.

“The cities of Aroer are forsaken;
They will be for flocks to lie down in,
And there will be no one to frighten them.

Nebo

and Nebo and Baal-meon—their names being changed—and Sibmah, and they gave other names to the cities which they built.

“Go up to this mountain of the Abarim, Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab opposite Jericho, and look at the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the sons of Israel for a possession.

Now Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho. And the Lord

showed him all the land, Gilead as far as Dan,

They have gone up to the temple and to Dibon, even to the high places to weep.
Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba;
Everyone’s head is bald and every beard is cut off.

Baal-meon

Heshbon, and all its cities which are on the plain: Dibon and Bamoth-baal and Beth-baal-meon,

therefore, behold, I am going to deprive the flank of Moab of its cities, of its cities which are on its frontiers, the glory of the land, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon and Kiriathaim,